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Washington football training camp profiles: Running backs

By Ian Cummings

LANDOVER, MD - NOVEMBER 17: Derrius Guice #29 of the Washington Redskins warms up prior to playing against the New York Jets at FedExField on November 17, 2019 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD - NOVEMBER 17: Derrius Guice #29 of the Washington Redskins warms up prior to playing against the New York Jets at FedExField on November 17, 2019 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images) /
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MARCH 1: Bryce Love #RB14 of the Stanford Cardinal is seen at the 2019 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 1, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MARCH 1: Bryce Love #RB14 of the Stanford Cardinal is seen at the 2019 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 1, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /

Bryce Love

Experience: 2nd season

Draft Status: 2019 fourth-round pick, 112th overall

2019 Stats: N/A

2020 Outlook: Bryce Love‘s historic 2017 season at Stanford has endeared him to Washington football fans before he’s even played a down. It’s a reasonable deduction in a sense, as Love was an electric talent in college, possessing the explosive burst in open field to take any run to the house.

That said, an ACL tear forced Love to sit out the entire 2019 season, and in 2020, it’s unclear how that ACL tear will affect his burst, which was undoubtedly the chief defining characteristic of his game. Reports suggest that Love will be ready to hit the field at training camp, so his performance will be of great interest to onlookers.

Expected Role: Even if Love is healthy, I’m skeptical on what kind of impact he’ll provide. First and foremost, he needs to prove that he hasn’t lost any explosiveness after tearing his ACL. The injury impacts players differently. Love has had plenty of time to recover, so there is reason to be optimistic here. But even if he’s healthy, Love doesn’t have the best size, contact balance, or receiving ability, and he might be relegated to a change-of-pace role in his first healthy season. And that’s assuming he does enough in training camp to make the roster.

Status: For now, Love is on the outside looking in. That can change if his explosiveness stands out among his peers in training camp, but his empty rookie season dug a bit of a hole for him. The new coaching staff has very little time-relevant information to go off of, regarding Love. He’ll need to win them over throughout the next several weeks, if he wants to earn one of the last running back spots.

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